Barcode has existed in many aspects of our life and work, and it can be seen almost everywhere around you. And we often use bar codes because of the need of work. So how do you generate or print barcodes?
1. Use a special barcode printer.
If barcodes are used in the production process, or in other environments where barcodes are widely used, or it is necessary to print barcodes on some special media, a special barcode printer can be used. Bar code printers can print bar codes in many ways. A complete bar code printing system needs three parts: bar code printer, bar code printing software, self-adhesive label and carbon tape.
2. Use an ordinary office or home printer.
If a small number of barcodes are used and the printing medium is ordinary printing paper, you can print barcodes with ordinary office or home printers. There are several ways to print bar codes with ordinary printers:
1, using barcode font The so-called barcode font is TrueType Windows font, which can directly change the characters to be displayed into barcodes. These fonts can be purchased from some font production companies, and some bar code fonts can be downloaded for free. This website also provides free font download for 39 yards.
2. Using barcode control If you need to print barcodes directly in your own software system, you can use barcode control. If you install Access in Office, you can find the free barcode control barcode.ocx provided by Microsoft.
3. Use special bar code printing software. These special bar code printing software (such as bartenders) generally provide printing components, which can be used in other systems. Special bar code printing software can provide WYSIWYG typesetting function like Word, and can also be connected to a database to print the changed serial number.
Step 3 print
If you need a large number of barcodes, and these barcodes are unchanged, such as general commodity labels, you can directly use printing, which can make the cost of a single sheet lower.